Homestore to Present at Smith Barney Citigroup Conference

    Business Editors

    WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 4, 2005--Homestore, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOMS) will be presenting at the Smith Barney Citigroup Entertainment, Media and Telecommunications Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, on Tuesday, January 11. Mike Long, chief executive officer, and Lew Belote, chief financial officer, are scheduled to speak at 9:25 a.m. PST (10:25 a.m. MST). A live web cast of the presentation will be available on Homestore's Investor Relations Web site at http://ir.homestore.com under "Event Calendar."

    About Homestore

    Homestore, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOMS) is the leading provider of real estate media and technology solutions. The Company operates the number one network of home and real estate Web sites including its flagship site REALTOR.com(R), the official Web site of the National Association of REALTORS(R) and HomeBuilder.com(tm), the official new homes site of the National Association of Home Builders. Homestore also operates RENTNET(R), an apartments, corporate housing and self-storage resource and Senior Housing Net(R), a comprehensive resource for seniors, as well as Homestore.com(R), a home information resource. Homestore's print businesses are Homestore(R) Plans and Publications and Welcome Wagon(R). Homestore's professional software division includes Top Producer(R) Systems. For more information: http://ir.homestore.com

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CONTACT: Homestore, Inc. Mollie O'Brien, 805-557-2303 (Investor Relations) mollie.obrien@homestore.com

KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA ARIZONA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: REAL ESTATE BUILDING/CONSTRUCTION BANKING INTERNET E-COMMERCE TRADESHOW CONFERENCE CALLS SOURCE: Homestore, Inc.

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